Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2021
Ford unveiled the F-150 Lightning battery-electric pickup. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum, Lariat, XLT. Ford is taking reservations with a $100 deposit. The F-150 Lightning is a massive moment for our Ford team. —Ford President and CEO Jim Farley. With the ability to offload 9.6
Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on.
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Can Solar Panels Produce Enough Juice? There simply isn’t enough space to produce adequate power and attach a strong enough inverter to make charging practical—one example estimates it would require more than 400 hours to charge a Ford F1-50 Lightning. It’s now or never if humans hope to prevent the mercury from increasing by 1.5°
The Truth About Cars
JUNE 12, 2024
Despite all the boomer bleatings that everyone needs to unplug and pretend they’re in the Stone Age during road trips or camping journeys, there remains a real need to stay connected and use a few electronic devices during such adventures. Addressing electricity requirements can be tricky, which is why power inverters exist.
The Truth About Cars
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
. & If you take nothing else away from this post, it should be that old-school battery packs of this sort show up in two types: One that turns on via a dedicated on/off switch and one that rouses from its slumber by detecting a trickle of charge from the battery to which it is connected.
EV Central
MARCH 30, 2024
Chinese electric pick-up an Aussie chance No Toyota Prado or LandCruiser does that – for all the Japanese giant’s promotion of its hybrids – nor the Ford Everest, Isuzu D-Max or any other ladder-frame 4×4 wagon. The 500 also comes with a new connected car smartphone app. Dominating the dashboard are a 14.6-inch
EV Match
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The charging stations that were installed were quite simple in design and operation, and did not connect to a Wi-Fi or cellular network. These types of chargers are connected to the internet via Wi-Fi or cellular connections. V2L is currently included on EVs such as the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Ford F-150 Lightning, and Rivian R1T.
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